{"id":36247,"date":"2017-02-20T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T21:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=36247"},"modified":"2020-01-08T15:51:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T20:51:34","slug":"the-most-armed-man-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/the-most-armed-man-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Claims To Be The Most Armed Man In America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A gun collector dubbed the Dragon Man boasts that he is the \u201cmost armed man in America\u201d with more than 200 machine guns, tanks and bazookas to his name.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mel Bernstein, who earned his nickname thanks to his flamethrower-rigged motorbike, has given a tour inside his vast private military museum known as Dragon Land.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragon-man1.jpg\" width=\"492\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragon-man1.jpg 492w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragon-man1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The gun lover\u2019s paradise in El Paso County, Colorado, boasts a firing range, paint-ball course, 80 military vehicles and a store licensed to sell automatic weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With snake tattoos covering his arms, the biker doesn\u2019t seem to care what society thinks about his mind-blowing collection which is worth more than $10 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cToday we\u2019re going to explain why they call me the most armed man in America,\u201d Bernstein said in his weapons tour video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Most Armed Man in America&quot; on guns\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b0vpzpjKVsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have almost 200 of them on my name. I don\u2019t think anyone in the US has that many guns in their name.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI have weapons so big I can\u2019t even shoot them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The son of a New York chiropractor, he quit high school in the ninth grade to collect guns, build motorcycles and ride with gangs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After serving in the army for a one-year stint between 1965 and 1966 during the Vietnam War, Bernstein opened a motorcycle-repair shop on Long Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36250 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman2.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>He moved to Colorado with his wife, Terry Flanell, in 1982, where they opened the gun store and started building the collection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But Bernstein was hit by tragedy in 2012 when his wife was killed at their rifle range while filming a Discovery Channel reality show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Terry died when she was hit by two smoke bombs travelling at 150mph while being used to create a smoky atmosphere for the show about the military.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking at the time, Bernstein said: \u201cI lost my best friend\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After the tragedy, he turned his attention back to his military museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman3.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36252 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman4.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The vast site contains more than 900 uniformed mannequins, 88 vehicles and 3,000 working weapons from samurai swords to bazookas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It even boasts a room for every country that has fought a war with America from World War I\u00a0to Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This includes a Nazi room filled with swastikas and machine guns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Nazis had the fastest and best machine guns in World War II,\u201d he claims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman5.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman5.jpg 960w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dragonman5-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>His military museum has annual revenue of around $600,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Like\u00a0\u272a Share\u00a0\u272a\u00a0Be\u00a0Awesome<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (7.4.18) simplesharebuttons.com --><div id=\"ssba-classic-2\" class=\"ssba ssbp-wrap left ssbp--theme-1\"><div style=\"text-align:left\"><span class=\"ssba-share-text\">Like it? 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